UPDATE: Rooms of Their Own: Women in the Knowledge Economy and Society (2/8/07; 5/2/07-5/4/07)

Third and Final Call for Papers - CFP Deadline Extended to February 16

Rooms of Their Own: Women in the Knowledge Economy and Society2-4 May 2007, Telus CentreAt the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

In 1929 Virginia Woolf predicted that women in "another century orso," if given the opportunity and rooms of their own, will have "thehabit of freedom and the courage to write exactly what we think" andsee "human beings in relation to reality." Such opportunities are nowmore tangible for some, more elusive for others. Rooms of Their Ownaddresses the features of local and global cultures that encourageand impede women's active, creative, and critical participation inthe knowledge economy and society. It considers the situation ofwomen within and beyond the academy to heighten awareness, extendknowledge, and form practical recommendations.